Ten Tips for Being Truthful

The Ten Tips
1. Make a commitment to tell the truth.
2. Tell someone about your commitment.
Reflection: Making a commitment involves dedicating yourself to something, like a person or a cause. Before you make a commitment, think carefully. A commitment obligates you to do something. These two go together because you make a commitment you have to do it tell someone and they will remind you to do it. Making a commitment is a BIG thing because you will have force to do t, you just can't play around and not do it because there you are cheating yourself. For example if you do a commitment that you will do your homework every day. Then that means that you will do it everyday because you can't fail to do that, then you have cheated yourself.  I will use this tip by making a list what i need to do everyday.
3. Think before you give a dishonest answer.
Reflection: This is the definition of dishonesty: Lack of honesty the quality of being untruthful or deceitful. Dishonesty is a quality which sits at conflicting ends with truth. Many of us have probably experienced dishonest behavior by others at some point in our lives, be it people keeping secrets, lying, keeping up a facade, being hypocritical, or trying to cheat us. On the map of consciousness, dishonesty tends to be dominant among lower consciousness people.  Think before you say something.
4. Be careful of when and how you use exaggeration, sarcasm, or irony.
Reflection: A statement that represents something as better or worse than it really is exaggeration. The use of irony to mock or convey contempt sarcasm. The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect irony.  This means that we have to be careful who and how we talk to someone because we never know then we might hurt someone. And make them feel bad so that they won't talk to you no more. You can use these words but in jokes. But, not to hurt someones feeling.  Many people use it in a good way or bad way i would like to use it in a good way because why would i want to hurt someone.
5.Be careful not to twist the truth or leave out part of it.                                                                   Reflection: Truth is the quality or state of being true. Say the truth before you make it more bigger and it hurts other people. You should think about the consequences and think about whether you make it bigger or just go to the point. Truth always come first in anything, truth helps you solve things. Or it can make it worst depends on the situation you are in. Say the truth is better then denying it because your friends and family might not trust you again. But by saying the truth it will help things to get better.  People should start to tell the truth so there will not be no problems because sometimes problems are hard to fix, but if you tell the truth then little by little it will solve and you will be happy of what you did.
6. Don't indulge in little white lies. 
Reflection: Lies means that you can't tell someone something honest. Lies can harm people in so many ways. Enjoy the time you have right on with the people you love. Don't judge when you don't know nothing. Don't point fingers and assume that the person you are pointing at did it. Mostly everyone lied about someone or something in this world nobody is perfect. Lying is extremely stressful. It causes you to be constantly looking over your shoulder and wondering who might be finding you out. You’re always running through the lies you’ve told in your head, trying to keep track of what you’ve told to which person, and what’s the next lie you need to tell. When you’re honest, you don’t have those worries, or the negative consequences of your lies.  
7. Watch out for silent lies.  
Reflection: Lies between your own friends and family. To keep quite when you know whats going on but you can't say anything because you will lose that friendship or trust with that person. With you having a silent lie you cant really don't do nothing because you will have really bad problems if you do. Many people have lies in themselves but you can't keep that from stopping you because you will make things worst, just be honest and tell your friends so that they won't find out and you will loose that trust. Lies come and go like friends come and go. But you have to know who are the real ones and who don't deserve the truth. Big or small lies there are still lies no matter what. Nothing last forever. Forever is a lie. All we have is between hello or goodbye. Don't say a lie when you know your actions are not the same.  
8. When you catch yourself lying, throw your mouth into reverse. 
Lying is really on of the worst things you can do. Especially to a friend because friends are there for you to trust and tell them the truth because they will always be there for you only sometimes. Never try to mess a life with a lie because them you will have some consequence.  When you catch yourself lying stop and think about what you are doing. Ether you are doing bad or good. If you are doing bad then go back and open your mouth with the truth. Truth is like trust they trust you to tell the truth and not a lie. Many people are scared because they like in a negative yeah sometimes things can go wrong when you tell a lie but sometimes there are positive.
9.Talk to yourself.
If you don't have no one to talk to them talk to yourself. Many people think it's mental to talk to yourself because you are talking to yourself. Many people are not there for you when you need them so if they are not there then try your best of talking to yourself because you know whats going on.  Think first or talk it out with yourself before you are going to do something wrong. used to refer to the person being addressed as the object of a verb or preposition when they are also the subject of the clause.Start talking to yourself to increase the performance and function of your brain. It is crazy not to talk to yourself because you would miss out on the benefits that come with self-talk. The key is to practice doing it until it becomes natural. Talking to yourself makes your brain work more efficiently. Talking out loud to yourself helps you only when you know what you need. You can organize your thoughts. You can say always tell the truth and remember yourself.
10.Treat yourself when you tell the truth. 
You know that you had tell the truth if you said the right thing. If you did them give yourself a treat for doing it. See yourself in the future. As I mentioned, once you get a taste of the freedom of honesty, it’s hard not to want more of that. So set your sights on a time when you’re living fully into your life, and then go from there—making that reality present a little more every day.
Do things that make you feel pride. You don't have to lie if you feel good about yourself! Surround yourself with caring, understanding people who will respect you for who you are. Do things that give you pleasure and that make you feel proud of yourself. Getting super-drunk every night might make you feel good for a couple hours, giving you pleasure, but the ice-pick in your brain the next morning at work will have you feeling embarrassed and guilty when you can't make it into work. Take care of yourself, mentally and physically. Don't do things you're embarrassed to do.
Reflection:  I like this overall because i think saying to truth to someone is really important because you make yourself  clear on things and you won't think wrong about that person. I wouldn't like to speak with the truth sometimes because i would beak that person promise. And tell someone with out their permission.